Suspenders.



Patented May 27, I902.

No.700,92l.

H. T. HAZARD. SUSPENDERS.

( Appliimtion filed Dec. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY T. HAZARD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SUSPENDERS.

S1 ECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,921, dated May 27,1902.

Application'filed December 4,1901. Serial No. 84,6 76. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY T. HAZARD,a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a Suspender that will holdthe trousers well up in front and not unduly elevate them in the rear,that will become loose and slack when the wearer sits down, stoops, orbends over, and thereby avoid strain on the trousers while the wearer isin these positions, prevent undue wear on the seat, bagging at theknees, and pulling off the buttons, that can be easily attached to anddetached from the trousers without any unbuttoning and will at all timesgive the wearer ease and comfort. I accomplish these objects by means ofthe improvements herein described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of a pair of suspenders embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged View of the cast-oifmechanism, takenfrom the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents the should erstraps sewed together at theback. The leather binding-strap A forms a fastening to secure themetallic attaching-loop G to the shoulderstrap. The shoulder-straps areconnected with the back and side buttons by means of the equalizing-cordB. This cord passes from the button-loop 0,011 the end thereof,througheyelet-tube D, thence down to and through the eyelet-tube D, thence upto the fastening E, thence down to and through the other eyelettube D,thence up through the other eyelet D, and terminates in the otherbutton-loop O. The button-loops O are for buttoning to the side buttonsof the trousers, while the but ton-loops O, secured to the eyelet-tubesD, are for buttoning to the back buttons. The clasps on the fastenings Eand the eyelettubes D are attached to the cast-off ring or loop F, andform, with the eyelet-tubes, a connection between the equalizing-cord Band the cast-off ring. This ring, which may be oval in shape, as shownin Fig. 1, or round, as in Fig. 2, together with the snap cast-off hook1-I, constituting part of the metallic loop G, form a cast-offconnection between the shoulder-straps and the equalizing-cord The cordis permitted to move freely through the eyelets and adapt itself to anyposition of the body, while it returns readily to its normal position.In this way the greatest freedom of motion is allowed to the wearerwithout undue strain upon the shoulder straps or cords or buttons ortrousers. Although the cords and straps are non-elastic, they willaocommodate themselves to the movement of the body without causing theleast annoyance or inconvenience, giving ease and comfort to the wearer,as all unequal strain is compensated for by a ready paying out or takingup of the equalizing-cord.

It Will be seen that in the absence of a castoif mechanism it wouldrequire the unbuttoning of four buttons to release the trousers from thesuspenders at the rear, which would be objectionable, to avoid which Iemploy a cast-off for easily attaching to and detaching theshoulder-straps from the trousers without any unbuttoning. To disconnectthe shoulder-straps, the wearer first disconnects them in front,thenpasses both thumbs around the back into engagement with the backeyelet-tubes D or with the equalizing-cord adjacent thereto and pressesfirmly down on the equalizing-cord until the cast-off ring F at the endsof the shoulder-straps is within easy reach of the hand, when a slighttwist of the ring will disconnect it from the cast-01f hook. The vest ofthe wearer will prevent the shoulder-straps from being pulled over and0E the shoulders when being pulled down in the rear, as above stated, asthe cast-off ring will be within easy reach of the hand before the frontends of the straps are well up on the shoulders. The straps are left inthis depressed position until it is desired to reattach them to thetrousers, when the cast-0E ring is easily reattached to the hook. Itwill be manifest that there can be no strain on any of the parts whilethe wearer is stooping or sitting, because when the wearer bendsforward, as he does in stooping or sitting, the eyelet-tube at the backend of the shoulderstraps moves in the direction of the side buttons,imparting a slack to the equalizingcord, and thereby lengthening thesuspenders, which will increase just in proportion as the wearer stoopsforward.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination withapair of shoulderstraps secured together at theirrear ends, and having attached thereto a snap-hook; a cast-01f ringadapted to engage said hook, having secured thereto cord-engaging eyes;back tabs, having button-loops at their lower ends for engaging the backbuttons, and having cord-engaging eyes on their upper ends; and anequalizing-cord, having button-loops for engaging the side buttons; thesaid cord passing from the side buttons up to and through the eyes onthe cast-ofi loop, then down to and through the eyes on the backbutton-tabs, then up into a fastening on the cast-ofi loop; the saidcord adapted to render freely through said eyes.

2. A pair of suspenders provided at their rear with a hook, a cast-oftring or loop, eyelet-tubes connected with the ring or loop, an

equalizing cord adapted to render freely through the eyelets, rear tabsprovided at their lower ends with button-loops to button to the reartrousers-buttons and having at their upper ends eyelets adapted toreceive the equalizing-cord and to permit the same to renderfreelytherethrough, the equalizingcord having button-loops for securingit to the side buttons.

3. The combination of the shoulder-straps, loop G connected thereto,cast-off ring or loop F detachably connected thereto, said cast-0E ringor'loop having eyelets thereon, equalizing-cord passed loosely throughsaid eyelets, and button-loops O, 0, attached to the cord and loops D,D, loosely connected with the cord.

HENRY '1. HAZARD,

Witnesses:

ADOLPH SCHNEIDER, AGNES WALSH.

